I very much doubt that they would induce if the baby is not engaged - the cervix also has to be "cooperative" - sometimes they use a prostoglandin gel to "ripen" the cervix before they manually break your waters and put in the syntosynon (sp?) drip. There is no point bringing on contractions if your cervix is not going to dilate and let the baby out.

I am also looking down the barrel of an induction (again) - my obs is concerned about size and shoulder dystocia, which I have experienced with the birth of DD - he is going to do an internal at my next check up and if the cervix is ready he will most likely suggest early induction. But my baby has been engaged for a while now.